Claremont

A person was fatally shot by police Wednesday during a shootout with authorities in Claremont, New Hampshire. Members of the New Hampshire State Police SWAT team responded to 247 Sullivan Street Wednesday evening to assist Claremont police with a barricaded male, Deputy Attorney General Jane E. Young said. According to Young, gunfire was exchanged between the person and six members…

It was a record season for turkey hunting in New Hampshire this spring. The state Fish and Game Department says hunters killed 5,719 turkeys during the season, an increase of 643 from last year and a new record since the department has been keeping track. Officials say large gobblers were abundant. More than 60 of the birds weighed in at…

A state advisory board has voted to approve a sports betting contract between the New Hampshire Lottery Commission and DraftKings Inc. The Executive Council voted 3-1 on Monday to approve the six-year contract with the possibility of two two-year extensions.

Police in New Hampshire and Vermont have arrested at least 25 people in connection with the distribution of various drugs, such as fentanyl, methamphetamine and bath salts.

A suspect is in custody after an hours-long standoff with police in Claremont, New Hampshire. According to the Valley News, multiple police agencies responded to the area of Hanover and Centennial streets just before 8 a.m. for reports of a barricaded subject and shots fired.

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has jabbed at President Donald Trump, saying he understands why people are mesmerized by the president’s tweets because “it is the nature of grotesque things that you can’t look away.” Buttigieg spoke Sunday during a Fox News town hall. Asked about how he responds to Trump’s tweets and name-calling, Buttigieg said, “I don’t care.” He...

A look at who will last and who won’t as a large field of Democratic candidates vie in the 2020 election.

The 130-year-old Contoocook Covered Railroad Bridge in New Hampshire, believed to be the oldest surviving bridge of its type, is getting a face-lift. The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources says the bridge is scheduled to be stained and receive minor repairs, starting Tuesday.

North Country Smokehouse is recalling nearly 2,700 pounds of sausage products that may be contaminated with metal. According to the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Claremont, New Hampshire-based company is recalling 2,686 pounds of ready-to-eat kielbasa sausage. The products may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal. The kielbasa sausage items were produced between Feb. 7...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren will be hosting an organizing event in Claremont, New Hampshire on Friday, according to her website.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren got a warm welcome at Manchester Community College – her first campaign visit to New Hampshire as a likely presidential candidate.

A New Hampshire school district is contemplating hiring a collection agency to manage $32,000 in unpaid lunch bills.

New Hampshire is set to elect either its first openly gay member of Congress or its first black representative.

Levi Sanders, son of Bernie Sanders, is running for Congress in the Granite State.

A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy recently discovered an opium poppy field outside of Charlotte worth an estimated $500 million, officials told NBC News. More than 2,000 plants, which can be used to make opium, morphine and heroin, were found on an acre of land on a farm near the town of Claremont, the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office said in a...